Chapter Summaries

Ye Lin gave Wen Ruxue and her people the Human Race’s luck, allowing them to conceal themselves from the Heavenly Dao, and invited the others to meet him at Nameless Mountain. After he left, Wen Ruxue’s followers questioned her decision, and she explained that Nameless Mountain’s authority over the Eastern Continent’s luck might let it survive the coming great era.

• Ye Lin summoned the Luck Golden Dragon, which sent golden light into the island’s inhabitants and gave them an identity recognized by the Heavenly Dao.
• Wen Ruxue sensed the golden orb in her sea of consciousness and realized it would let them move openly without being detected.
• Ye Lin said their transaction was complete and told the others to find him at Nameless Mountain before leaving to answer Taichu’s summons.
• Zhan Tian questioned Wen Ruxue about revealing her true face, but she stopped him from asking further.
• An old man warned Wen Ruxue that Nameless Mountain would become a target as powerful figures emerged over the next three years.
• Wen Ruxue said Nameless Mountain’s control of the human race’s Eastern Continent luck might help it stand undefeated when the great era arrived.

Ye Lin learned that Nameless Mountain was a branch of a powerful hidden faction whose main lineage was returning to claim control of the mountain and the Human Race. The old man explained Nameless Mountain’s origins and warned that its current leadership and achievements would be taken over.

• Wen Ruxue suggested that other factions might seek help from Nameless Mountain, creating an opportunity to build ties, and questioned whether they were the era’s protagonists.
• Taichu brought Ye Lin into Nameless Mountain’s Ancestral Land to meet its leaders.
• An old man told Ye Lin that Nameless Mountain was a branch of a terrifying faction whose main lineage was about to return.
• The old man explained that five ancient experts founded Nameless Mountain across the Five Continents before disappearing.
• Ye Lin learned that the returning main lineage intended to claim Nameless Mountain’s achievements and replace its current upper ranks.

Ye Lin decided to resist the mysterious force's plan to take control of Nameless Mountain and the Human Race's fortune. The old man supported him and explained that the coming Heavenly Dao Shackles and Ye Lin's authority gave them a chance to oppose the great terrors.

• Ye Lin realized that surrendering his authority would let the mysterious force control the Human Race's fortune and leave him vulnerable to Wen Ruxue.
• Ye Lin declared that he would not hand Nameless Mountain over when the force returned.
• The old man approved Ye Lin's decision and predicted that the Golden Age would bring a surge in Human Race fortune and nine Heavenly Dao Shackles.
• The old man explained that Ye Lin's authority could protect him from Mahayana cultivators and let him suppress Half-Immortals in the Eastern Continent.
• The old man asked Ye Lin whether he was confident enough to play chess against the great terrors.

Ye Lin accepted the elders’ support and learned he had three years to prepare for the powerful figures who would descend. He met ten formidable visitors at Nameless Mountain to discuss an alliance, while they were limited to one hour before the Heavenly Dao forced them to return.

• Ye Lin declared that he was ready to face the descending experts, and the old man promised him three years of protection and access to Nameless Mountain’s resources.
• The old man gave Ye Lin a Jade Talisman containing the full truth about factions he had encountered, and Ye Lin left to prepare.
• Ye Lin found that Taichu had vanished, received a message, and was transported to Nameless Mountain’s main hall, where ten powerful figures had gathered.
• Ye Lin welcomed the ten visitors and proposed beginning with a discussion of the alliance before their one-hour stay ended.
• The visitors agreed to discuss the alliance because they needed something from Ye Lin, though they had little interest in Nameless Mountain’s offerings.

Ye Lin formalized an alliance between Nameless Mountain and ten major factions, naming himself alliance leader and distributing spheres of Human Race fortune. After the faction leaders left, Ye Lin went to his quarters to inspect the Jade Talisman from the Ancestral Land, which poured a vast flood of memories into his mind.

• Ye Lin explained that the alliance would help its members face the crisis expected in three years and urged the faction leaders to make it more than a formality.
• Wen Ruxue openly supported Ye Lin, and they agreed that Ye Lin would lead the alliance while the ten faction leaders served as deputy leaders.
• Ye Lin used the Kongtong Seal to condense Human Race fortune into nine golden spheres and gave them to the faction leaders.
• The ten leaders gave Ye Lin Jade Talismans for contacting them, then vanished.
• Ye Lin took the Jade Talisman from the Ancestral Land to his quarters and placed it between his brows, causing memories to surge into his mind.

Ye Lin learned from the Jade Talisman about the world’s hidden layers, its ancient powers, and the dangerous path of Loose Immortals. He discovered that Nameless Mountain belonged to the Eternal Heaven Sect and that its plans would come to fruition in three years, then found the account ended with another possible route: the Immortal Gate.

• Ye Lin learned that the world was a sphere of three layers, with ancient powers residing in a lawless inner region beyond the Heavenly Dao’s reach.
• Ye Lin discovered that Nameless Mountain was a branch of the Eternal Heaven Sect, one of the ten great powers, and that three years remained until it reaped the fruits of its conquest.
• Ye Lin read that the Divine Beast Clan had shattered the Immortal Ascension Gate, leaving cultivators unable to ascend through the usual path.
• Ye Lin learned how Mahayana-stage Half-Immortals could become Loose Immortals, face tribulations every ten million years, and risk death if they failed.
• Ye Lin learned that Nine-Tribulation Loose Immortals had no known way forward except to force open the Heavenly Gate, before the information introduced the Immortal Gate as another path.

Three years before the Golden Age, Ye Lin learned that the world’s spiritual energy and laws were beginning to strengthen, then traveled to River Lotus City to seek the mysterious Great Demon’s opportunity. He waited for its awakening, and a woman in scarlet appeared above the city as flower petals fell over its cultivators.

• Ye Lin learned from the Jade Talisman that the Golden Age would arrive in three years and that the immortal gates would open.
• Ye Lin sensed the growing spiritual energy and clearer laws of heaven and earth, then decided to visit Black Sand Prefecture for the Great Demon’s opportunity.
• Ye Lin arrived in Black Sand Prefecture and located River Lotus City with a flash of crimson light.
• Ye Lin entered River Lotus City and searched it with his divine sense, but found nothing before the opportunity was due to awaken the next day.
• At night, a woman in a scarlet dress appeared atop the city’s tallest building, and scarlet petals drifted down onto every cultivator.

Ye Lin stopped a Spirit Transformation True Person from draining the life essence of everyone in River Lotus City. The woman confronted him after he exposed her scheme, and their conflict remained unresolved.

• The woman danced beneath the moon as fiery-red petals bewitched the people of River Lotus City.
• Ye Lin crushed a petal and shouted for everyone to wake, interrupting the woman's attempt to collect their life essence.
• The woman's white threads returned to the people, who woke confused and struggled to remember what had happened.
• The woman accused Ye Lin of meddling and revealed her terrifying aura as a Spirit Transformation True Person.
• Ye Lin explained that the woman had used the petals and dance to bewitch the crowd before plundering their life essence.

Ye Lin confronted Song Xiaoxiao after discovering her plan to use River Lotus City's residents' life essence to resurrect a being. Song Xiaoxiao fled, but Ye Lin caught her with golden chains and pulled her back before him.

• Ye Lin accused Song Xiaoxiao of planning to use the city's life essence to resurrect someone and demanded she reveal the Great Demon’s location.
• Song Xiaoxiao denied knowing anything, and Ye Lin threatened to kill her for using methods associated with an Evil Demon.
• Song Xiaoxiao vanished with a secret technique after threatening to kill Ye Lin if they met again.
• The cultivators of River Lotus City thanked Ye Lin for saving them from Song Xiaoxiao’s plan.
• Ye Lin grasped at the void and used golden chains to seize Song Xiaoxiao after she had fled a thousand li.

Ye Lin forced Song Xiaoxiao to lead him to a hidden underground chamber, where a black box concealed a powerful being that had manipulated her. The being began taking control of Song Xiaoxiao, but Ye Lin suppressed its demonic qi.

• Ye Lin threatened Song Xiaoxiao with Soul Search, and she agreed to lead him to the place he sought.
• Song Xiaoxiao guided Ye Lin through a winding underground passage to a secret chamber containing a black box that blocked divine sense.
• A voice from the box demanded life essence from Song Xiaoxiao and promised her power to avenge her family.
• The being in the box noticed Ye Lin and triggered demonic qi within Song Xiaoxiao, causing her intense pain.
• Ye Lin placed his hand on Song Xiaoxiao's shoulder and forcibly suppressed the awakening demonic qi.

Ye Lin tracked down the black box, seized it, and crushed the demonic stone inside, revealing a hostile black face. He trapped the face with golden chains, while Song Xiaoxiao was left with one month to find a great power who could remove her demonic seed.

• Ye Lin told Song Xiaoxiao that a great power had to remove her demonic seed and that his suppression would last only one month, then vanished.
• Ye Lin found the black box atop a cliff and seized it, suppressing its occupant with the power of destiny.
• Ye Lin opened the box, took the Spatial Ring, and crushed the black stone inside.
• A face formed from the released black qi attacked Ye Lin, but he scattered its attack with a slap.
• The black face vanished into the void, and Ye Lin dragged it back with golden chains and trapped it in a sphere.

Ye Lin defeated the black face, which unleashed a final attack before vanishing. After taking the valuables from a Spatial Ring, he realized he had reached the edge of the Eastern Continent, with the Endless Sea ahead.

• Ye Lin split the black face with Sword Qi, leaving it severely weakened.
• The black face begged Ye Lin to spare it, then summoned a massive black hand in a final attack.
• Ye Lin withstood the attack, and the black face vanished after exhausting its accumulated power.
• Ye Lin examined a Spatial Ring and found one Heaven Grade Low Tier spiritual herb and two Earth Grade Mid Tier medicinal pills.
• Ye Lin realized he could no longer sense the Human Territory's fortune and concluded he had reached the Endless Sea, which he vowed to explore one day.

Ye Lin witnessed the ancient Penglai Immortal Island rise from the Endless Sea and recalled its history and the Jade Emperor’s rise after entering it. Three peak Dao Integration members of the Black Dragon Clan confronted him and ordered him to leave their territory.

• The Endless Sea shook as Penglai Immortal Island emerged from the water, followed by two more islands forming a triangle.
• Ye Lin recognized the islands as Penglai Immortal Island, which appeared only briefly and had once granted the Jade Emperor powerful treasures and abilities.
• Ye Lin floated above the island as three peak Dao Integration figures arrived before him.
• A member of the Black Dragon Clan claimed the area as their territory and gave Ye Lin three breaths to leave.

Ye Lin and Little Red confronted the Black Dragon Clan over Penglai Immortal Island, and Little Red battled the clan’s members. After the dragons called for reinforcements, Ye Lin summoned Nameless Mountain’s forces to the Endless Sea, leaving a major confrontation looming.

• A Black Dragon Clan member claimed Penglai Immortal Island and threatened Ye Lin, but Little Red arrived and challenged the three dragons.
• The three Black Dragon Clan members attacked Ye Lin, and Little Red blocked their strikes before fighting them in its giant form.
• Little Red swallowed one of the black flood dragons, prompting another dragon to summon reinforcements.
• Ye Lin contacted Zhuge with the Jade Talisman, and Nameless Mountain’s Dao Integration True Lords and other cultivators gathered and rushed toward the Endless Sea.
• The other major clans noticed Nameless Mountain’s mobilization and began investigating what had happened.

After learning that Ye Lin had been surrounded by the Black Dragon Clan in the Endless Sea, the races of the Eastern Continent united and rushed to his aid. As True Lords confronted Little Red and Ye Lin, the arriving land forces freed Ye Lin, and the Black Dragon Clan accused him of provoking the conflict.

• The races of the Eastern Continent mobilized their hidden forces and headed for the Endless Sea after hearing Ye Lin was surrounded.
• Little Red defeated three Black Dragon Clan elders, then faced ten peak Dao Integration True Lords who sealed the space around him and Ye Lin.
• Little Red warned Ye Lin that more terrifying auras were approaching and that fighting the ten True Lords would leave him vulnerable.
• Dozens of spatial rifts opened behind Ye Lin, and land True Lords arrived to rescue him.
• A Human Race True Lord tore apart the Black Dragon Clan's spatial seal and freed Ye Lin.
• A Black Dragon Clan True Lord accused Ye Lin of entering their territory and ordering Little Red to kill their three elders.

The Black Dragon Clan elders tried to confront Ye Lin and the Human Race, but Blade Maniac and the gathered land-race True Lords overwhelmed them. Peak Dao Integration True Lords from the Endless Sea then arrived, and both sides challenged each other as the great era approached.

• The Black Dragon Clan elders saw the Human Race experts and prepared to negotiate rather than fight.
• Blade Maniac protected Ye Lin, mocked the Black Dragon Clan, and knocked a charging True Lord into the sea.
• Hundreds of peak Dao Integration True Lords from the Eastern Continent emerged and warned the Endless Sea races against starting a war.
• Peak Dao Integration True Lords from the Endless Sea arrived and accused the land races of provoking them, while the Black Dragon Clan elders regained confidence.

The land and sea races agreed to send Dao Integration True Lords into Penglai Immortal Island before it disappeared. Ye Lin entered first with Little Red and discovered that the island’s dense energy seemed closer to Immortal Qi than Pre-Heaven Spiritual Qi.

• Blade Maniac proposed that each race send five Dao Integration True Lords into Penglai Immortal Island, and the land and sea races agreed.
• Blade Maniac told Ye Lin and Little Red to enter first, reserving the remaining three human slots for others.
• Ye Lin entered Penglai Immortal Island with Little Red as the other races hurried to follow.
• Ye Lin found the island far larger than it appeared from outside and absorbed its dense Spiritual Qi.
• Ye Lin sensed that the island’s energy was closer to Immortal Qi than Pre-Heaven Spiritual Qi and wondered whether a rumor was true.

Ye Lin explored Penglai Immortal Island, whose ancient beasts and powerful Pre-Heaven Spiritual Qi convinced him it might have come from the Immortal World. As the island’s inhabitants began hunting the invading True Lords, Ye Lin narrowly avoided an unseen attacker near a sea of flowers.

• Ye Lin recalled the rumor that Penglai Immortal Island was a fragment of the Immortal World and judged its unusual spiritual qi and ancient Demon Beasts as evidence.
• Little Red sensed a bloodline call in the distance, and Ye Lin let him fly off to investigate while warning him to stay cautious.
• Ye Lin found that the island’s space was too solid for him to tear open, then vanished from where he stood.
• After many figures entered the island, a powerful voice ordered its inhabitants to kill the invaders, and the island’s forces began hunting the True Lords.
• Ye Lin approached a sea of flowers beneath a cliff, sensed danger, and leapt back as a black shadow flashed past him.

Ye Lin discovered a cave beneath a sea of flowers on Penglai Immortal Island and uncovered the small beast guarding it. The beast introduced itself as the primordial ferocious beast Dijiang and claimed a terrifying creature inside the cave had kept it from letting Ye Lin enter.

• Ye Lin sensed a hidden danger whenever he approached the sea of flowers and realized something was guarding the cave beneath it.
• Ye Lin sent stones into the cave, then struck at the hidden guardian when it attacked, destroying the sea of flowers and knocking the beast down.
• Ye Lin recognized the guardian as Dijiang, a primordial ferocious beast cub at the peak of the Spirit Transformation realm.
• Dijiang claimed it had been protecting Ye Lin from the terrifying beast inside the cave and demanded to be released.
• Ye Lin suspected Dijiang was lying about the danger in the cave.

Ye Lin entered the cave despite Dijiang’s warnings and found a pool of immense power. He absorbed its immortal liquid, repeatedly shattering and repairing his meridians as his aura grew stronger.

• Dijiang tried to convince Ye Lin that a great terror lurked in the cave, but Ye Lin threw him aside and went in.
• Dijiang hurried after Ye Lin, distressed that he had entered the cave.
• Ye Lin reached a stone platform supported by three pillars and found a pool of pure white liquid radiating immense power.
• Ye Lin stepped into the pool and absorbed the liquid with the Phoenix Bathing Heaven Technique, causing his meridians to shatter and repair repeatedly.
• Ye Lin activated the Unrivaled Sacred Body and realized the liquid was immortal liquid, whose power his meridians could barely withstand.